FLASH1 VO IN OUR HEALTH HEADLINES TONIGHT..WE START OFF WITH TAKING A LOOK AT OVARIAN CANCER. SEPTEMBER IS OVARIAN CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. AND ACCORDING TO THE CDC.. OVARIAN CANCER IS THE EIGHTH MOST COMMON CANCER AMONG WOMEN AND IS THE FIFTH LEADING CAUSE OF CANCER DEATHS FOR WOMEN. EACH YEAR MORE THAN 22-THOUSAND WOMEN ARE DIAGNOSED WITH OVARIAN CANCER IN THE U-S... AND HERE IN MAINE JUST UNDER 100 WOMEN ARE DIAGNOSED WITH THE DISEASE EVERY YEAR. AND ACCORDING TO THE áMAINEá CDC IT IS ONE OF THE CANCERS THAT'S USUALLY NOT DETECTED UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE OR IN THE TERMINAL STAGES. THAT'S BECAUSE THE SYMPTOMS OF OVARIAN CANCER ARE VERY SIMILAR TO SYMPTOMS OF OTHER HEALTH ISSUES. DR. PINETTE ALSO SAYS WOMEN WHO ARE IN THEIR LATE 30'S, 40'S AND 50'S ARE AT AN INCREASED RISK FOR OVARIAN CANCER AS WELL WOMEN WHO HAVE HAD UTERINE, BREAST AND COLORECTAL CANCER AS WELL AS THOSE WHO HAVE HAD INFERTILITY ISSUES.